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Upbeat vs Joyful - What's the difference?

upbeat | joyful |

As adjectives the difference between upbeat and joyful

is that upbeat is having a fast pace, tempo, or beat while joyful is feeling or causing joy.

As a noun upbeat

is an unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.

upbeat

English

Alternative forms

* up-beat

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
    • The notes are easy, but it's an upbeat tune and should be played fairly quickly.
  • Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
    • Though he had bad news, he ended with an upbeat forecast for the future.
    He sounded upbeat when I talked to him.

    Antonyms

    * downbeat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.

    • Anagrams

    *

    joyful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * joyfull

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Feeling or causing joy.
    • Related terms
    * joyfully (adverb) * joyfulness (noun)